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• What Types of Air Cleaners are Available?

  There are three general types of air cleaners on the market: mechanical filters, electronic air cleaners, and ion generators.

• Dusting - The Science of Dust Buildup

  Why common household dust behaves as it does.

• Consumer Reports Finds Filter-Based Air Purifiers are Better Choice for Consumers

  Find out CR’s top-rated, portable filter purifier; Two ozone generators deemed not acceptable.

• Stop Pollution Indoors

  Ten steps to better indoor environmental quality

• A Dusting Primer

  No matter how conscientiously you clean, dust is a part of your environment. Bust dust with our help.

• Vacuum filtration

  Keeping the dust inside your vacuum.

• Range fan

  The hood has a removable filter that’s essential for reducing airborne grease.

• Air filter

  All forced-air heating and air-conditioning systems have HVAC filters.

• Grease, airborne

  Prevention is at least as important as cleaning here.

• MERV

  A standard for rating heating and air-conditioning filter efficiency.

• Simplicity Synergy Upright Vacuum

  This upright vacuum has two motors to enhance performance, and a high-end filtration system.

• IQAir Health Pro

  There are air filters/cleaners and then there are mega machines like the IQAir Health Pro.

• Oreck XL21 Upright Vacuum

  Lightweight upright comes with a canister vac and a 21-year warranty.

• Swiffer Duster

  The Swiffer Duster® traps dust with a fluffy, elongated, fabric-fiber head.

• Dirt Devil Rechargeable Broom Vac

  Technology makes the average sweep-up job even simpler.

• Blueair© AirPod

  A travel-size personal air purifier.

• Blueair 501 Air Purifier

  The 501 effectively purifies air in rooms as large as 580 square feet.

• Filtrete Ultra Allergen Filter

  3M's top-of-the-line HVAC filter.
• Cleaning Products

  3M Filtrete™ Ultra Quiet Air Purifier

  One of the quietest air purifiers available that captures both large and microscopic allergens.

• 3M Filtrete™ Ultra Clean Air Purifier

  An air purifier that captures 99.99% of large airborne allergens.

• My House Is Killing Me!

  A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.

• Chix Can Fix

  From the book cover: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself.

• Speed Cleaning 101

  Cut your cleaning time in half.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Carpet Cleaning Tips for Dummies®

  How-to guide offers easy carpet cleaning tips.

• How to Clean Practically Anything

  Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.

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